Welcome to the blog of the architecture students of Eduardo Mundlane university of Maputo, Boukunde University of Pretoria and the architecture faculty of the TU-Delft in The Netherlands.

This blog is a joint venture organized around the graduation project to Revitalize the Baixa de Maputo.

The Baixa is the oldest part of Maputo and is under current threat of new insensitive development. The old buildings are diminishing and the area is losing its historic identity.

The combination of the three universities is a unique way to create a dialogue between different countries and their ways of working.

The driving force behind the realisation of this studio has been and still is the organization "African Architecture Matters". See the link in the menu below.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Hi

Just to let you guys know where we are in Pretoria. We have recently handed the first draft of the first three chapters of our dissertation in for comment, the revised copy which we hand-in soon will be marked, and these marks will count towards our coursework mark.

The first three chapters are basically an introduction to the project, in terms of concept, location, and theoretical approach. So basically the general background and aims.

We also have an ENORMOUS context model of the Baixa. At scale 1:1000 it is 2,5 meters long! Ill blog some photos sometime.

Soon we will also complete a detailed urban 'framework' and analysis. But the design only starts later when we have all of this other stuff sorted out.

Lekker
Byron
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  1. EvertMay 3, 2011 at 2:17 AM

    Wow! 2,5 metres. That's a HUGE model! I'd like to see some pictures some time.

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